“Listen, motherf–ker, this is my show”: Denzel Washington’s Old School Directing Clashed With Grey’s Anatomy Star, Called Him Out for Refusing to Improvise a Scene

Denzel Washington and Ellen Pompeo had a short argument while the former directed an episode as a guest director for The Grey's Anatomy. During the critically acclaimed movie Antwone Fisher, he made his debut as a filmmaker in 2002. Washington’s most recent directorial effort was A Journal For Jordan in 2021, based on the book by former New York Times editor Dana Canedy about her fiance, who fought and died in Iraq, and the journal of life lessons he left their baby son. Washington attributed his directorial success to some of the greatest directors he admires such as Paul Thomas